*Stornoway Airport (IATA: SYY, ICAO: EGPO) has flights connecting the town with [[Aberdeen]], [[Benbecula]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Inverness]] and [[Glasgow]]. The airport is located about 3km from the town near the village of Melbost.

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*Stornoway Airport (IATA: SYY, ICAO: EGPO) has flights connecting the town with [[Aberdeen]], [[Benbecula]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Inverness]] and [[Glasgow]]. The airport is located about 3km from the town near the village of Melbost. We dont really have an airport. !!!

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===By boat===

===By boat===

Ferry service to [[Ullapool]] on the mainland - a journey of 2 hours 40 minutes. The Ferry Service operates 6 days a week (Mon - Sat).

Ferry service to [[Ullapool]] on the mainland - a journey of 2 hours 40 minutes. The Ferry Service operates 6 days a week (Mon - Sat).

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Understand

With a population of around 5,600, Stornoway ( Steòrnabhagh ) is the largest town in the Outer Hebrides and also its admistrative center. with approximately 5,600 people. Almost 30% of the total population of the Western Isles, some 8,000 people, live within Stornoway or the immediately vicinity encompassing Laxdale (Lacasdal) and Sandwick (Sanndabhaig).

The church has a significant influence on Stornoway life. Almost everything is closed on Sunday, but things have eased in recent years: there are now flights on Sundays (but still no travel by boat) and the swings in the park are no longer locked up on a Sunday.

Get in

By plane

Stornoway Airport (IATA: SYY, ICAO: EGPO) has flights connecting the town with Aberdeen, Benbecula, Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow. The airport is located about 3km from the town near the village of Melbost. We dont really have an airport. !!!

By boat

Ferry service to Ullapool on the mainland - a journey of 2 hours 40 minutes. The Ferry Service operates 6 days a week (Mon - Sat).

Get around

There are bus services available to almost all areas of Lewis from Stornoway. See the Council travel site for information on timetables and routes.

Do

Buy

Stornoway is the only place in the Outer Hebrides where you will find a selection of shops like in a mainland town. There are both multiples (Boots, Woolworths etc) and several independent stores including bakers, a bookshop and an ironmongers. The local delicacy is Stornoway Black Pudding. All shops are closed on Sunday except for Engebretsen's petrol station ( open 12pm-4pm ) with a limited selection of groceries.

Co-op 8 Macaulay Road, Stornoway HS1 2HU. Open Mon-Sat 8:00 - 20:00 (or 21:00). The largest supermarket in the Outer Hebrides. Also a smaller store in the centre of town in Cromwell Street.

Drink

Stornoway has a high density of pubs which reflect the absence of them around the rest of the island. Around half of them open on Sunday and the licensing hours are generally till 11pm on weeknights and up until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays.

Only HS1 ( Bar/restaurant in the Royal Hotel ) offers Cocktails. The Carlton Lounge ( formerly known as the Whalers Rest ) usually offers 2 cask ales, the only bar in Lewis to do so.

There is a local brewery in Stornoway, the Hebridean Brewing Company which offers 3 different types of bottled ale which can be found in some of the bars around Stornoway.